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All the knowing ones were consulted as to the issue, and they all agreed, to a man, in one of two opinions: either that Bob would flog Billy, or Billy would flog Bob. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

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During the session of the Supreme Court, in the village of -, about three weeks ago, when a number of people were collected in the principal street of the village, I observed a young man riding up and down the street, as I supposed, in a violent passion. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

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Language cannot describe the scene that followed; the shouts, oaths, frantic gestures, taunts, replies, and little fights; and therefore I shall not attempt it. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

#cannot #describe #fights #followed #frantic

As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish lines, to be followed by stronger supporting lines. ↗

— James Longstreet

#battle #brigades #could #followed #full

Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse. ↗

— James Longstreet

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The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail. ↗

— James Longstreet

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There was no indication of panic. The broken files marched back in steady step. The effort was nobly made and failed from the blows that could not be fended. ↗

— James Longstreet

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Science, which is not so attached to 'truth' as it once was, ut more to immediate 'effectiveness', is now drifting towards a decline, it's civic fall from grace. ↗

— Paul Virilio

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Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art. ↗

— Adolf Loos

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The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present. ↗

— Adolf Loos

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